George Floyd’s brother tells Congress: ‘He didn’t deserve to die over $20’
A brother of George Floyd took his grief to the U.S. capital on Wednesday with an impassioned plea to Congress not to let his brother die in vain, lamenting that he “didn’t deserve to die over $20.”
Top prosecutor overseeing Justice Department criminal division to depart
The U.S. Justice Department’s top prosecutor overseeing its criminal division is leaving his post early next month, department officials announced on Wednesday.
Players Coalition asks Congress to support bill ending police immunity
Super Bowl-winning quarterback Tom Brady was among more than 1,400 people across America’s biggest sports leagues who signed a letter sent by the Players Coalition to the U.S. Congress on Wednesday calling for an end to police immunity.
Senate’s only black Republican blasts critics of his police reform plan
U.S. Senator Tim Scott, the chamber’s only black Republican, was thrust into the center of the national debate on policing when Majority Leader Mitch McConnell put him in charge Tuesday of the caucus’s response to protests over racial inequality and th…
U.S. CDC reports 1,973,797 coronavirus cases
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday reported 1,973,797 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 17,376 cases from its previous count, and said that the number of deaths had risen by 950 to 112,133.
Retired judge says effort to drop case against ex-Trump aide is ‘gross abuse’ of power
A retired judge on Wednesday urged a federal court not allow the Justice Department to dismiss its criminal case against President Donald Trump’s former adviser Michael Flynn, citing evidence of a “gross abuse of prosecutorial power.”
New Yorkers adopt pets to deal with coronavirus stress
When the coronavirus pandemic shut down New York City nearly three months ago, Jocelyn Tsai rushed to fill out an online application to foster a dog from the Animal Care Centers of NYC.
Retired judge calls effort to drop case against ex-Trump adviser ‘gross abuse’ of power
A retired judge on Wednesday urged a federal court not allow the Justice Department to dismiss its criminal case against President Donald Trump’s former adviser Michael Flynn, citing evidence of a “gross abuse of prosecutorial power.”
U.S. attorney general group sues 26 dermatology drug makers
A group of attorneys general from U.S. states and territories sued 26 manufacturers of dermatology drugs on Wednesday, accusing them of price fixing and other violations of antitrust law, the third such lawsuit since 2016.
George Floyd’s brother tells U.S. Congress: ‘He didn’t deserve to die over $20’
A U.S. congressional panel confronting racial injustice and police violence on Wednesday heard an impassioned plea from a brother of George Floyd not to let his death in Minneapolis police custody to have been in vain, lamenting that he “didn’t deserve…
